Being a small violin-making nation, it's not often we have two fantastic examples of handmade Australian violins to play and compare. In this video Nick plays two instruments made by expert Australian luthiers, Glen Nicholls and John Johnston. Nick plays the same piece on each so we can hear the differences between the two violins. The Glen Nicholls violin was handmade in his...

Recently our workshop completed a soundpost crack repair on a fine German cello, which prompted us to put together the following article discussing the process of a repairing a soundpost crack. The sound post is a key component that enhances a cellos sound. It's inserted through an f-hole and stands near the treble bridge foot, held between the front and back plates solely by...

The Falcon has landed (sorry we had to say it)! Introducing the Falcon, a brand new violin from renowned German workshop Heinrich Gill. The violin has been named due to its incredible speed and responsiveness, and for its beautiful gold-brown varnish inspired by the rust-hued feathers of a falcon. In the short video below Nick gives us a sense of the tonal characteristics...